Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics

Biathlon
at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Biathlon; at the I Winter Youth Olympic Games
Venue	Seefeld Arena; Seefeld
Dates	15–19 January
Competitors	99 from 33 nations
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Biathlon at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the temporary Biathlon Course at the Seefeld Arena venue in Innsbruck, Austria.^[1]^[2] One of the mixed events is contested together with cross-country skiers.

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	3	1	0	4
2	China	1	0	1	2
2	Russia	1	0	1	2
4	Estonia	0	2	0	2
5	Kazakhstan	0	1	1	2
6	Norway	0	1	0	1
7	France	0	0	2	2
Totals (7 entries)		5	5	5	15

Events

Boys' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint details	Cheng Fangming China	19:21.7 (0+1)	Rene Zahkna Estonia	19:43.0 (0+1)	Aristide Bègue France	19:48.5 (1+0)
Pursuit details	Niklas Homberg Germany	28:43.1 (2+0+2+0)	Rene Zahkna Estonia	28:52.6 (0+2+1+1)	Cheng Fangming China	28:57.7 (2+1+1+3)

Girls' events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Sprint details	Franziska Preuß Germany	17:27.7 (0+1)	Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan	17:55.2 (1+1)	Uliana Kaisheva Russia	18:00.9 (1+1)
Pursuit details	Uliana Kaisheva Russia	26:01.3 (0+0+0+0)	Franziska Preuß Germany	26:29.2 (1+0+1+0)	Galina Vishnevskaya Kazakhstan	27:44.4 (0+2+1+1)

Mixed events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Mixed relay details	Germany (GER) Franziska Preuß Laura Hengelhaupt Maximilian Janke Niklas Homberg	1:11:06.8 (0+0) (0+2) (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (0+1)	Norway (NOR) Kristin Sandeggen Karoline Næss Haakon Livik Kristian Andre Aalerud	1:13:11.7 (0+1) (0+0) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+1) (0+0) (0+3)	France (FRA) Léa Ducordeau Chloé Chevalier Fabien Claude Aristide Bègue	1:13:27.8 (0+1) (0+0) (0+2) (1+3) (0+1) (0+2) (0+1) (0+2)

Multi-medalists

Athlets who have won at least two medals.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Franziska Preuß (GER)	2	1	0	3
2	Niklas Homberg (GER)	2	0	0	2
3	Cheng Fangming (CHN)	1	0	1	2
3	Uliana Kaisheva (RUS)	1	0	1	2
5	Rene Zahkna (EST)	0	2	0	2
6	Galina Vishnevskaya (KAZ)	0	1	1	2
7	Aristide Bègue (FRA)	0	0	2	2

Qualification system

Qualification summary

NOC	Men	Women	Total
Armenia		1	1
Australia	1		1
Austria	2	2	4
Belarus	2	2	4
Bulgaria	2	2	4
Canada	2	2	4
China	1	2	3
Croatia	1		1
Czech Republic	2	2	4
Estonia	2	2	4
Finland	2	2	4
France	2	2	4
Germany	2	2	4
Great Britain	1		1
Hungary	1		1
Italy	2	2	4
Kazakhstan	1	2	3
Latvia	2	1	3
Lithuania	1	1	2
Moldova		1	1
New Zealand		1	1
Norway	2	2	4
Poland	2	2	4
Romania	1	2	3
Russia	2	2	4
Serbia	1		1
Slovakia	2	2	4
Slovenia	2	2	4
South Korea	1	1	2
Sweden	2	2	4
Switzerland	2	1	3
Ukraine	2	2	4
United States	2	2	4
Total athletes	50	49	99
Total NOCs	30	28	33